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Silly question!

gardenman91gardenman91 Posts: 429
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Hello everyone, so this is going to sound completely silly! Feel embarrassed asking really as I don’t consider myself a novice gardener. I’m planting daffs albeit a bit late. It says plant at 10cm deep approx, would it be the top or the bottom of the bulb that should sit at 10cm? Or am I overthinking this? Thanks!
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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I always class it as the bottom,  although to be honest l usually just judge it by 2 to 3 times the height of the bulb.  :)
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The bottom.
    Usual way is to plant at about three times the depth of the bulb. A 2 inch bulb would therefore have a 6 inch hole. Slightly deeper is always better than too shallow  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • gardenman91gardenman91 Posts: 429
    Ok lovely thanks to the both of you 😁 how embarrassing 😂 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Not at all, you had me thinking there for a while !
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    We should encourage enquiry...no question is too silly to ask 😉
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • gardenman91gardenman91 Posts: 429
    Well I like to keep you all on your toes 😉 😂 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I expect it was a "silly" question that needed answering for most of us the first time we planted spring bulbs.  As @Fairygirl says, better to plant deep than shallow if in doubt.   They'll sort themselves out better then.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've often thought that it's slightly ambiguous when you hear ' 2 or 3 times the depth' because it isn't always clear whether that's the amount of soil over the bulb, or if it includes the bulb itself.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I've always taken it as the depth over the top of the bulb but if the truth be told, I just dig a hole and shove the bulb in. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Lizzie27 said:
    I've always taken it as the depth over the top of the bulb but if the truth be told, I just dig a hole and shove the bulb in. 
    Same here  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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